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Science Foundation Year 1 Year 2 Chemical Sciences

Everyday materials can be physically changed or combined with other materials in a variety of ways for particular purposes

Code VCSSU045

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38 resources

  • Unit Plan Year: 1

    Changing Materials

    This unit has been designed to meet the requirements of the Year 1 Australian Curriculum Science - Chemical Sciences strand. In this unit...

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  • Presentation Year: 2

    Paper Plate Masks - Presentation

    This Paper Plate Masks presentation has been created to support Lesson 6 of the Physically Changing Materials unit. It allows the teacher to...

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  • Presentation Year: 2

    Stretching - Presentation

    This Stretching presentation has been created to support Lesson 5 of the Physically Changing Materials unit. It allows the teacher to walk s...

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  • Presentation Year: 2

    Bending and Twisting - Presentation

    This Bending and Twisting presentation has been created to support Lesson 4 of the Physically Changing Materials unit. It allows the teacher...

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  • Presentation Year: 2

    Folding - Presentation

    This Folding presentation has been created to support Lesson 3 of the Physically Changing Materials unit. It allows the teacher to walk stud...

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  • Presentation Year: 2

    Changing Materials - Presentation

    This Changing Materials presentation has been created to support Lesson 2 of the Physically Changing Materials unit. It allows the teacher t...

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  • Presentation Year: 2

    What Are Materials? - Presentation

    This What Are Materials? presentation has been created to support Lesson 1 of the Physically Changing Materials unit. It allows the teacher...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1 2

    Paper Plate Masks - Assessment

    Students will use their knowledge acquired throughout this unit of study as they make a mask. They will be bending, twisting, cutting and st...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1 2

    Paper Plate Masks - Experiment

    Students will create a paper plate mask as part of their assessment for the current unit of study. They will be required to bend, stretch, c...

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  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Does It Stretch?

    Students will test a variety of materials to determine whether or not they stretch. Students will first predict if an item will stretch or n...

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  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Materials That Stretch - Experiment

    Students will test a variety of materials to determine whether or not they stretch. The class will first complete their predications about a...

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  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Physically Changing Shape - Worksheet

    Students will test a variety of materials to see the effects of bending and twisting. This 2 page worksheet is differentiated to allow all s...

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  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Physically Changing Shape - Experiment

    Students will test a variety of materials to see if they will change shape when subjected to twisting and bending actions. This forms par...

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  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Paper Plane Designs

    These paper plane designs have a wide range of uses. Ranging in difficulty, there is a paper plane for everyone. Colour them in and see whic...

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  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Folding and Scrunching

    Students will use this worksheet to find out how far a piece of paper travels when different physical changes are applied to it. This for...

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  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Physically Changing Materials Mini Book

    Students examine the ways shapes of objects made from different materials can be physically changed through actions such as bending, stretch...

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  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Physically Changing Materials - Title Page

    Use this title page as a fast finisher activity to complete over the course of the unit.  This forms part of the Year 2 Chemical Sciences...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    How can materials be changed

    This display depicts the many ways materials can be changed through various actions. Create classroom displays with various materials studen...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Name That Food

    Students will match foods that have changed form as a result of being heated or cooled.  This forms part of the Year 1 Chemical Sciences...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Paper Plate Masks Assessment

    Students will be creating a paper plate mask as part of their assessment for the current unit of study. In this creation, they will be requi...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Making a Mask Assessment

    Students will use their knowledge acquired throughout this unit of study as they make a mask. They will be bending, twisting and stretching...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Cooling Down - Worksheet

    Students will test a number of materials to determine whether or not they will freeze. This forms part of the Year 1 Chemical Sciences Un...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1

    Cooling Down - Experiment

    Students will test a variety of materials to see whether or not they will freeze. This forms part of the Year 1 Chemical Sciences Unit -...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Does it dissolve? - Worksheet

    Students will test a number of materials to determine whether or not they will dissolve in water. This forms part of the Year 1 Chemical...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Materials that Dissolve - Experiment

    Students will test a variety of items to see whether or not they will dissolve in water. This forms part of the Year 1 Chemical Sciences...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Does it stretch? - Worksheet

    Students will test a variety of materials to determine whether or not they stretch. This forms part of the Year 1 Chemical Sciences Unit...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Materials that Stretch - Experiment

    Students will test a variety of materials to determine whether or not they stretch. This forms part of the Year 1 Chemical Sciences Unit...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1

    Changing Shape - Worksheet

    Students will test a variety of materials to see the effects of bending and twisting. This forms part of the Year 1 Chemical Sciences Uni...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Changing Shape - Experiment

    Students will test a variety of materials to see if they will change shape when subjected to twisting and bending actions. This forms par...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Describing Materials - Worksheet

    Students will describe the changes that have taken place in foods based on different actions. This forms part of the Year 1 Chemical Scie...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Changing Materials - Mini Book

    Students examine the ways shapes of objects made from different materials can be physically changed through actions such as bending, stretch...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Changing Materials - Worksheet

    Students examine the way food can change form by adding heat or cooling the food. This forms part of the Year 1 Chemical Sciences Unit -...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    What is it made of? - Materials Worksheet

    Students will identify the materials from which a number of common items are made. This forms part of the Year 1 Chemical Sciences Unit -...

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  • Resource Year: F 1

    Material Sorting Activity

    Students will use their observation skills to identify the materials various objects are made from. This forms part of the Foundation Che...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Cooked and Uncooked

    How do materials change form when they are heated or cooled? This set of posters provides the visual images of materials before and after th...

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  • Resource Year: P F 1 2 +4

    States of Matter

    States of Matter

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  • Resource Year: 1 3 5 6

    Properties of Matter

    This set of 6 charts looks at the properties of solids, liquids and gases.   Images clearly show the processes occurring when matter is h...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    5 Senses

    These charts describe each of the five senses: taste, touch, smell, hearing and sight.

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